After the council completed the awarding ceremony and Li Tomb took the oath, today's matter was basically dealt with, and Li Tomb did not have the heart to participate in the subsequent drinking party, and even declined the aristocratic gathering invited by Mu Chenggong and others, and hurriedly returned to his mansion on the capital star.

"I thought this guy was very powerful, but I didn't expect to think highly of him......"

Seeing Li Tomb leaving, Mu Chenggong, who won a big victory in this parliamentary reshuffle, said lightly that he was entitled to be happy, not to mention the gain of parliamentary seats, that is, in the reorganized cabinet government, in addition to the position of federal chairman had to be given to Li Tomb, the most important military ministers, foreign ministers and finance ministers were all taken by his people.

Of the ten major government departments, his people have mastered three major departments, which is definitely an unprecedented victory.

Hearing Mu Chenggong's words, Chen Nuo on the side smiled, he was a firm ally of Mu Chenggong, this time Mu Chenggong was able to achieve the greatest benefits, and he was indispensable to help behind his back.

"After all, he is young and frivolous, and he may be good in combat, but he still has a lot to learn in politics."

Chen Nuo nodded, and looked at Hill and the others who were standing together on the other side, "It's those three old foxes, but they can't be guarded." ”

"That's right. Li Tomb wants to master the First Fleet, and you say if we want to give it to him. ”

Mu Chenggong suddenly remembered, and asked Chen Nuo with a deep groan.

"I heard that the neutron battle star in his hand seems to have been contacted, and if the first fleet is given to him again, I'm afraid it will be a bit troublesome."

Chen Nuo thought about it for a while, in ASEAN, in addition to its own evolutionary height, worldly wealth and military power are more important to show the power of an aristocracy.

Wealth and the like can be reflected in the economy and politics. As for military force, although it seems that there is not much use in the democratic and peaceful ASEAN, everyone knows that the truth is only within the range of artillery, and without military strength, it is inevitable that there will be some less confidence.

Li's foundation in the Muller Federation is not thick, and although he has used Patton's network to gather many of the forces left by Tian Guang, it is too few after all. Judging from the five positions in the parliamentary seats, it can be known that even if Li Tomb has the hardest fist among the federal nobles, his influence is far from enough.

And to put it bluntly, the economy is king in peacetime. Not to mention anything else, the current mansion of Li's tomb is still donated by Barton and others, although he obtained a living planet as a territory after the award, but according to the federal constitution, half of the taxes he collected on the planet that has been renamed New Luoyang by him must be handed over to the federal government.

And this year's taxes have already been collected in advance. In other words, if Li Tomb wants to collect the tax of his territory, he can only wait until next year.

Naturally, he could set up a separate name to collect taxes, but it is unknown whether he can pass the legislation of the state procuratorate in New Luoyang, and now that it is a democratic commercial society, the more taxes he collects, the more merchants in New Luoyang will only be forced to transfer companies to other places.

In fact, no nobleman, no matter how poor he is, will not really live on the taxes of his own territory, and the long life is enough for them to accumulate wealth unimaginable to mortals.

And no matter how stupid a new nobleman like Li Tomb is, he will not choose to dry up and fish, and sometimes the name of the nobleman. It is enough to become a tool for accumulating money, compared to the combination of government and business. The combination of noble and commercial is the mainstream of the modern universe.

Although there are not many large corporations in the Muller Federation, there are always some, which used to be in the hands of Tian Guang, and it is obvious that Tian Guang has fallen, and the turmoil of those large corporations that once sheltered Tian Guang is more violent than in the federal political circles.

And in fact, the first target of Mu Chenggong and others is the business world. Then came politics. If Li Tomb hadn't chosen Patton's cooperation in the first place, he probably wouldn't have been able to gain a benefit in this feast of wealth.

ASEAN is different from the empire in that it is bound by the democratic system, so among the ASEAN countries, business. The ranking of the government and the army is reasonable. Previously, Li Tomb almost didn't understand the truth of this, if it weren't for the help of Barton and others, he would have suffered a secret loss in this benefit distribution.

Even so, the foundation of Li Tomb is still too shallow, so the benefits obtained in the business and political circles are far less than those of other nobles, and as for the final military world, Li Tomb's bottom line is to get the first fleet.

But now it seems that Mu Chenggong and the others are still ready to card him on this, even if they can't succeed, most of them want to get some benefits from other aspects, who made Li Tomb just a junior brother in the political game.

There is a saying on the earth that the ultimate goal of war is only to sit down at the negotiating table, and from this point of view, Li Tomb will suffer some losses more or less.

If you choose a Western country like the Double Eagle Empire, it may make Li Tomb suffer a little less, but the same Western country with centralized military and political power will inevitably have the risk of interference from other countries in the Western Treaty.

Li Tomb doesn't know much about the national game in the modern universe, but he has also heard more or less about the game of those great powers on the earth, and knows that if he changes to the West, maybe his situation may not be better than in ASEAN.

"We have not achieved much in the business and political circles, and the control of the military circles so far can only start with the First Fleet, which is really not to be missed, but I don't think the other ones will let us get the First Fleet so easily."

did not attend the reception after the parliament, and also refused the invitation of Mu Chenggong and others, but back at the mansion, Li Tomb was still not idle, and approached his forces, except for a few parliamentarians and Patton who had to attend the press conference afterward, everyone else had gathered.

The person who is speaking at this moment is called Sam, who was introduced by Patton to the tomb of Lee, who was formerly the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Federal Government and has a few brushes.

"Well, the First Fleet has to get its hands on it. As for the rest, let it be concede to those who can. ”

Li Tomb groaned and said lightly.

Sam was silent for a moment and nodded, "In addition, the Crescent Group invites you to visit tomorrow, and there is also the New Luoyang side, and the adults must also take time to go and inspect." ”

The former Crescent Group is the only federal consortium that has taken refuge in Li Tomb, it used to be Tian Guang's direct consortia, Mu Chenggong and others once threw an olive branch, and later it was because of the contribution of Barton and others, and also because the Crescent Group had previous filthy relations with other nobles, so they had to choose Li Tomb's side.

In a sense, the Crescent Group is now the money bag of the Li Tomb forces. And New Luoyang, as the territory after the award of the Li Tomb, can be said to be the talent pool after the Li Tomb when the foundation of the Li Tomb is not stable, and it cannot be lost.

But Li Tomb just waved his hand, "I see." Anything else? If not, you can go down. ”

Sam wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he could only be silent, glanced at the others, and left together, but was stopped by Gu Yue, the chairman of the Crescent Group, before getting into the car.

"Sam, take my car."

Sam hesitated for a moment, probably knowing what Gu Yue wanted to say to him, nodded, got into Gu Yue's car, the car started slowly, Gu Yue lit a cigar, and got straight to the point, "Sam, everyone doesn't talk darkly, what do you think of this Excellency?" ”

"Naturally, there is no saying about strength. But ......"

Sam shook his head, he didn't get on the ship of Li Tomb when he was semi-threatened like Patton, he purely valued Li Tomb's strength, although the viscount and the baron actually didn't have much of a strength gap, but he was optimistic about Li Tomb's advancement in the future, so he chose Li Tomb.

But now it seems that Li Tomb may be a genius in terms of personal evolution, but in other aspects, it is far inferior to several other nobles, and it is normal to think about it, how many years did Li Tomb live, and how many years did Mu Chenggong and others live.

Maybe in battle, evolutionarily, Li Tomb can suppress Mu Chenggong and these people, but when it comes to calculations and games, Li Tomb can't catch up even if he pat the horse.

"Actually, I think the adults' approach is good, and it doesn't make much sense to fight for these now, and strength is what determines the existence of a qiē. If adults can evolve to the next level, it will be another earl's house. ”

Gu Yue actually saw farther than Sam, he knew that in the world of nobles, in the final analysis, it was still strength, if Li Tomb could become an earl, what he lost now would naturally be able to get it back one by one in the future.

He even somewhat appreciated Li Tomb's approach, after all, everyone could see that Li Tomb had a talent in personal evolution, so he should make use of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, and now there is no point in fighting for these small profits, it is better to calm down and concentrate on cultivation, waiting for another evolutionary breakthrough.

However, he was still a little worried, "Don't you think that our adults seem to be too indifferent to the Federation?" ”

Sam's heart moved, and he looked at Gu Yue.

"I've heard that when our lord invited Chairman Patton to come forward, he was directly threatened with war."

Gu Yue's well-informed Sam was a little surprised, and he didn't know about this matter, but he didn't know where Gu Yue knew about it.

"Isn't that right? The Crescent Group can get a lot of orders again. ”

Sam snorted, the Crescent Collective, which focuses on warship manufacturing and mineral energy, doesn't hate war at all.

"I love war, but I'm first and foremost a Commoner."

Gu Yue exhaled a puff of smoke and spoke, "And I think it is in our greater interest to reach an agreement with the Empire to jointly develop the new river system than war." However, I don't see any preparation for this. So I hope you can help me to understand how exactly our adults are preparing for the negotiations on the new river system. ”

Sam's face instantly became solemn, and he was busy for days, so he realized that he had overlooked one of the biggest problems, compared to the conflict of interests in the Federation, the negotiation of the new river system was the most important, but Li Tomb seemed to have nothing to say. (To be continued......)